Continuous Flow vs. Departmental Flow Manufacturing

Anderson Company has the following departmental manufacturing structure for one of its products:

After some study, the production manager of Anderson recommended the following revised cellular manufacturing approach:

Required:

1. Calculate the total time it takes to produce a batch of 20 units using Anderson's traditional departmental structure. fill in the blank 1 minutes

2. Using cellular manufacturing, how much time is saved producing the same batch of 20 units? fill in the blank 2 minutes

Assuming the cell operates continuously, what is the production rate? fill in the blank 3 units per hour

Which process controls this production rate?

Molding processWelding processPolishing processAssembly process

3. What if the processing times of molding, welding, and assembly are all reduced to six minutes each? What is the production rate now? fill in the blank 5 units per hour

How long will it take to produce a batch of 20 units? fill in the blank 6 minutes